City Briefs and Local Ads Parade Through Denver
Minni s dry wood tents at cost and granite ware specials at Goodman Hardware. Oregon Lumber Yard sells Cascade fir wood and fuel. Stansberry Milne offers prompt transfer work. Help wanted for Japanese servant and a private housekeeper. For rent a five room cottage at 100 Bluff Street. The mile high city mourns as fan makers visit and a somber mood grips the town with ministers warning of providence against Denver.
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Best Nut Coal
Oregon Lumber Yard
Minnis
Goodman Hardware Company
Goodman Hardware Co
National Convention of Press Humorists In Session
Denver August 24 witnesses a solemn gathering as humorists known for clever quips and puns come together for a wake like assembly. The mood is grave though the platform promises wit in future pieces from the delegation.
Wyoming Wool Clip Estimated To Exceed 1907 Output
George W Walker secretary of the store board of sheep commissioners estimates the 1908 Wyoming wool clip will surpass 1907 by about 1.5 million pounds. 1907 yield totaled 33,637,000 pounds with growers earning 7,811,773 dollars. Despite a larger clip this year, prevailing prices will cut growers’ receipts by about 1.5 million dollars versus last year. The average fleece weight this year stood near eight pounds.
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George 8. Walker
Store Board of Sheep Commissioners
Wyoming
Salem postoffice receipts rise 29.8 percent in 1908
Reports to Postmaster Farrar from Washington show Salem’s postoffice receipts for the year ending June 30, 1908, up 29.8 percent over the prior year, placing Salem ahead of all first plans post offices in the northwest district. The Salem Statesman notes the gains as Salt Lake City reports. Plans for a national wool storage system will be discussed at a meeting of the executive committee of the National Wool Growers’ Association tomorrow.
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Farrar
Washington, D. C
Salem Postoffice
Frscal
Salem
Plans
Northwest
Salem Statesman
Salt Lake City
Utah
National Wool Growere’ Association
Michigan veterans gather in Mt Pleasant for home coming festival
Mt. Pleasant MichiganAugust 24 veterans and sailors of Michigan began a reunion with a home coming and harvest festival in connection.
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Mt. Pleasant
Mich
Michigan
End of the track moves toward Wallowa Valley
The La Grande Observer reports that Saturday night the track end sits at Victor's place in Wallowa, about four miles from the bridge and halfway through the canyon. At current pace the track end should reach Wallowa valley by the end of next week.
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Victor
Local visitors and residents crowd the county seat
A lengthy list of business visitors and residents flows through the county seat today. Names include Mrs. Dean Tattom, Maurice Johns of Athena, A Shirley of Pullman, William Pinkerton of Athena, Benjamin F. Ogle, M G Royal, Charles Schumann, D C Sanderson, Col H G Newport, W P Leach, Lt Grossmutler, Eva Connarty, E J Brown, J A Borie, Mrs. J A Carlson, Mrs. O E Harper, C F Vandewater, John T Disney, S B Calderhead, the Adams family, and others. Several travel to Portland, Meacham, or Newport, with camp visits and business trips noted.
Portland Cowboy Is Champion Buster
Dick Stanley of Portland Oregon won first place in the world championship broncho busting contest here today. Hawaiians Ikusa Pordy and Archie Kasua took first and third in the theater roping contests, earning world championship honors to bring home to their island.
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Dick Stanley
Portland
Ore
Ikusa Pordy
Archie Kasua
Deportation of 22 hobos by La Grande police
Chief Walden and night officers rounded up 22 hoboen and loaded them into a box car for deportation. Each received personal instructions to stay in the car until they traveled a respectable distance from La Grande. Officers say this is a common procedure as tired wanderers hide by day and reappear at night in alleys. they then are told to leave town.
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Walden
la Grande
Potato Famine in Asotin Sparks Price Rise
An Asotin item notes a potato famine with demand hard to meet and prices up from one to two cents per pound. The shortage is blamed on farmers shifting to fruit growing and other crops. Melons are scarce this year with no carloads available versus last year. Garden truck prices are high and growing, indicating a prosperous year for gardeners.
Big Wheat Sales Set Season Record in La Grande
La Grande records its biggest wheat sale day with about 60 000 bushels traded on Saturday. A. B. Conney known as the wheat king sold one lot of 5 000 bushels to Island City Pioneer Mill Company. Mills led buying while Elgin branch warehouses also took grain. prices held near 72 to 76 cents per bushel depending on grade and quantity.
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la Grande
US Exports to Germany Rise in 1908 Fiscal Year
The United States exported goods to Germany totaling 276,910,223 dollars for the year ended June 30, 1908, up from 256,595,663 dollars in 1907. Raw cotton led gains with 13,956,443 dollars and wheat rose by 6,081,974 dollars, while imports from Germany for the corresponding period reached 161,643,656 dollars in 1907.
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United States
Germany
Jackson urges Crater Lake road to boost Oregon
Colonel C. B. Jackson publisher of the Portland Journal tells Medford audiences Crater Lake is a world class wonder and could become Oregon’s top attraction. He argues for a Medford to Klamath Falls auto road at about 160000 dollars, funded by state and forest reserve efforts, to lure 30000 tourists yearly and generate large state revenue. He plans to push the idea at the Portland Good Roads meeting and urges rapid local organization.
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Oregon
C. 8. Jackson
The
Portland Journal
Medford
Mra. Jackson
Jackson
Klamath
Crater Lake
Portland
Gether
Good Roads Association
Jackson County
Fire chiefs converge for North American convention
Heads of fire departments from major U S cities and Canadian centers arrive in Columbus Ohio and will open a convention to discuss improvements to the fire fighting system.
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Columbus
United States
Canada
Wesleyan Meeting Opens Camp Meeting in Northport
Northport Me August 24 Wesleyan camp meeting opens with clergy and laymen from New England present as described in East Oregonian.
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Northport
New England
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F. E. Livengood
Teutsch’s
Goodman Hardware
Cascade Fir Wood
Stansberry & Milne
Phone
Eave
Bluff Street
American Press
Ists’ Association
Denver
Providence
National Convention of Press Hu
Louis Hunziker
Jewelery and Optician
Wallowa
Koeppens
Dean Tattom
Maurice Johns
Athena
A. Shirley
Pullman, Wash
H Ensley
Pilot Rock
William Pinkerton
Benjamin F. Ogle
Athena Pioneer
M. G. Royal of
Walla Walla
Charles Schumann
Upper
McKay Creek
D. C Sanderson
Freewater Times
C. P. Strain
Meacham
Ralph Folsom
Duncan MclIntyre
J. M. Scarborough
Hermiston
Hotel Bowman
W. N. Starr
Col. H. G. Newport
W. P. Leach
Weston Mountain
G. W. Phelps
Lt. Grossmutler
Walia Whilla
Eva Connarty
Union
Pendleton
la Grande Observer
E. J. Brown
Pacific Paper Company
J. A. Borie
Wensha Springs
Hotel St. George
J. A. Carlson
Kamelia
City
Bert Huffman
O. E. Harper
Olive
C. F. Vandewater
John T. Disney
Warm Springs Indian Agency
Barnhart
B. Calderhead
Northern Pacific
J. B. Adams
Lula
Ina
Pichita Falls
Texas
J. N. Johnson
M. J. Cronin
Robert Gronin
Oregon Daily Journal
Newport
James Anthony
Mr. Anthony
Charles Peterson
Wihil M. Peterson
North Carolina
Sadie Yardley
St. George
Long Beach
Portland Telegram
J. A. McLaughlin
Echo
Nolin
Vansycle
Cheyenne
Clayton Danks
Steamboat
Danks
Outlaw
Stanley
Portland “Cowboy
Hotweg
Asotin
Fered
Pendleton Cloak
Suit House
Klamath Falls
Klamath County
Colonel
Jacksonville
Reddy
Rogue River Valley
East Oregonian
Workingmen’s
Old Hunt Depot
Pendleton Drug Company
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